The screenshots i‘m using are in german but i will translate.

On ps5 and ps4 it’s kinda the same but we are on ps5 so i will explain it for that.

You head to the ps5 settings on the top right of your home screen.
Then you go down to save game data & app settings.

In that section you can choose between ps4 and ps5 data saves.

• upload to the cloud service
• download from the cloud service
• copy or delete from usb-device
• Auto Upload

The first thing you want to do is disable the auto upload function, otherwise the save file gets uploaded to the cloud service on a regular basis and if your save file gets compromised, it will probably get uploaded!

And that’s something you don’t want!

ALSO: The auto upload feature can be completely disabled, but you can also deactivate it for specific games!
In this case a list with all ps4 games shows up and you can pick the ones which you want to handle yourself… like CE in this case.

After you disabled the auto upload option, you can pick either “upload to the cloud” [to upload your file(s)] OR pick “download from the cloud” [to download your file(s)].

In both cases an interface shows up that displays your games and the files, no matter which option you choose the menu looks similar (besides the button on the right bottom side).

Now you pick the save files you want to upload/download.
Once you did that, you have to confirm that by pushing the button on the right bottom side that says either “upload” or “download” (depending on what you wanted to do).
In the case of this picture it says download… obviously. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

With an usb-device it works the same.
But you don’t have to hassle with the auto upload feature.
Simply save your file on usb and if your save file gets compromised, you can load it from your usb device.

Before you do all this, you should be sure your save file isn’t compromised of course!

For usb-device a smaller device with 32GB is enough theoretically, depends how many data you want to save. But if you’re using it for CE only it should be fine.
I for example have an external hard drive with 2TB but that isn’t only used for save files. :sweat_smile:
There is a lot of different things on that one.

Hope that helps fellow exile! :blush:
(And i hope it was understandable.)

:metal:

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